Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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The following Table shows the number of cases notified, together with the number removed to Hospital, and the total deaths.
Disease. | Number notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 191 | 171 | 1 |
Diphtheria | 24 | 24 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 20 | — | — |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | 1 | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — |
Pneumonia | 24 | — | 27* |
Whooping Cough | 139 | — | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | — | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — |
Dysentery | 27 | — | — |
Measles | 566 | 2 | — |
TOTALS | 1027 | 200 | 34 |
* All forms of Pneumonia.
IMMUNISATION CLINIC.
The following work has been carried out during the yea:
Number of sessions held155
Number of new cases 2,093
Number of attendances 9,358
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
The following are particulars with regard to cases of
Ophthalmia Neonatorum : —
Number of cases 2
Vision impaired —
Vision unimpaired 2
Number treated at home 1
Number treated at hospital 1
Number removed from District —
Number died —